Work & commute · Schertz

Work & commute in Schertz, TX

Most working residents leave Schertz for work: only 9% work in town. The top destinations are San Antonio (40%), Austin (8%) and New Braunfels (6%). Half commute less than 17 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

1,718 of 19,582 working residents

Typical commute

17 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

32 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

16%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 17,864 Schertz residents head out of town to work, 1,718 work right here, and 18,995 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Schertz.

17,864live here, work elsewhere

1,718live and work here

18,995work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Schertz goes to work

San Antonio17.9 mi away

40%7,806

Schertz (in town)right here

9%1,718

Austin58.9 mi away

8%1,541

New Braunfels12.4 mi away

6%1,127

Houston172.5 mi away

3%612

Live Oak5.4 mi away

3%547

Cibolo2.3 mi away

2%338

Selma4.2 mi away

2%335

San Marcos28.5 mi away

2%301

Seguin17.1 mi away

1%266

Everywhere elseother towns and states

25%4,991

Lines run between town centers; a thicker line means more commuters. The top 10 towns each way.

How far

How far Schertz commutes

Straight-line distance from home to work, for every working resident. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.

25%

43%

25%

25%Under 10 mi

43%10–24 mi

7%25–50 mi

25%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Schertz is balanced between jobs and homes

1.06jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.06 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Schertz are

20,713 jobs are based in Schertz. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Schertz’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Schertz

20,713 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)20%

Trade, transport & utilities39%

Services (health, schools, offices…)42%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month30%

Over $3,333 a month58%

Jobs Schertz residents hold

19,582 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)13%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)66%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month24%

Over $3,333 a month62%

+97%

Jobs based in Schertz, 2013 → 2023: 10,502 → 20,713. Big swings can come from how a large employer reports its locations, not only from real openings or closings.

About these numbers

How to read this page

Every worker, home to workThe Census links each worker’s home block to their main job’s block, for jobs covered by unemployment insurance. That’s most jobs, but not the self-employed.

Where the employer saysA job counts where the employer reports it. Some big employers report one address for many sites, which can make a few commutes look longer than they are.

Two surveysFlows, distances and jobs: LEHD 2023. Commute time and working from home: the Census American Community Survey.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2023, primary jobs; American Community Survey 5-year estimates.